MIT Laser Research Facility

这项由化学部资助的奖项重申了对麻省理工学院哈里森光谱实验室激光研究设施(LRF)的支持，该实验室由迈克尔·S·费尔德教授指导。LRF是一个共享的研究设施，化学、物理、生物和工程领域的物理学家在其中使用激光和最先进的光谱技术来研究广泛的问题。研究集中在五个领域：多维红外光谱、燃烧和环境科学的高灵敏度光谱、纳米材料的光谱、质子耦合电子转移和生物光谱。激光研究设施的特点是对本科生、研究生和博士后进行培训，并通过传播科学成果、专题研讨会和与当地学校的联系进行推广。激光研究设施作为一个共享设施，拥有最先进的设备和熟练使用它的人员，使新的研究机会能够被迅速、经济和有效地抓住和实施。它带来了新的合作和研究项目，如果没有这个设施，这些合作和研究项目就不会存在，有时还会导致意想不到的重大发现。

This award funded by the Chemistry Division renews support for the Laser Research Facility (LRF) at the Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory at MIT directed by Professor Michael S. Feld. The LRF is a shared research facility in which physical scientists in chemistry, physics, biology and engineering pursue a broad range of problems using lasers and state-of-the-art spectroscopic techniques. The research is focussed in five areas: multidimensional infrared spectroscopy, high sensitivity spectroscopy for combustion and environmental science, spectroscopy of nanomaterials, proton-coupled electron transfer, and biological spectroscopy. The Laser Research Facility features training for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students as well as outreach through dissemination of scientific results, topical seminars, and links with local schools. The Laser Research Facility, as a shared facility with state-of-the-art equipment and personnel skilled in its use, enables new research opportunities to be seized upon and carried out quickly, economically, and effectively. It leads to new collaborations and research programs that would not exist in the absence of the facility, sometimes resulting in significant discoveries that are unanticipated.